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Former king with a line on the side (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lateral

'on the side' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'former king with a line' is the wordplay.
'former' becomes 'late' (**).
'king' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation for rex).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'line' becomes 'l'.
'late'+'r'+'a'+'l'='LATERAL'

(Other definitions for lateral that I've seen before include "Sort of thinking" , "Shoot" , "Tall ear (anag.)" , "One type of thinking" , "belonging to the side" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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